2011 Schotland Farr Stone Farr Parish Church - Strathnaver Museum 4-06-2011 21-17-40

Farr ( gd, Fàrr) is a

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

in the county of

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later c ...

in the Scottish council area of

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

. The parish also includes a small hamlet named Farr. The village of

Bettyhill Bettyhill ( gd, Am Blàran Odhar) is a village in the parish of Farr, on the north coast of Scotland. Bettyhill lies on the A836 road west of Thurso and from Tongue. It lies from the village of Skerray; its former fishing port was called ...

lies less than to the west of the hamlet along the A836 road.

Parish of Farr

Villages and hamlets

Villages and hamlets within the parish of Farr include: * Achiemore * Achina * Altnaharra * Armadale * Aultiphurst *Balnacraig *

*Farr (the hamlet) * Lednagullin * Melvich * Strathnaver * Swordly * Upper Bighouse

References

Populated places in Sutherland Civil parishes of Scotland Farr, Sutherland {{Highland-geo-stub